Hello from south London

[Si Da Signmaker]

[FONT="Verdana]Hi all,

Just a quick hello & some info about me. I was a lithographic printer forover 25 years on large format A2 sheet fed presses until I got laid off about 7years ago, had to have a career change in my early 40s ouch!! Back working now& in my spare time I help my better half [/FONT][FONT="Verdana]runher craft business. At the moment helping her make small wooden signs using Dryrub transfer paper which is a bit fiddly. I think she needs to"tool-up" and maybe buy a Heat Press capable of taking subtratearound 22mm thick & a suitable transfer paper. I would a[/FONT][FONT="Verdana]ppreciate it if you could tell me which partof the forum [/FONT][FONT="Verdana]it would be best to ask this question.

Thanks in advance
Si[/FONT][FONT="Verdana][/FONT]

[bms]

Welcome to the forum Si

[Si Da Signmaker]

Hello Martin,
Nice to meet you:rolleyes:

Si

[Justin]

Hello Si and (finally) welcome to the forum!

There is a specific section for heat presses. I've been looking at a cheap second press to do 20mm items myself.

Justin
DSF Admin

[Craig]

Welcome to DSF

[Ian M]

Hi Si & welcome to the forum :biggrin:

[mrs maggot]

welcome along si

[Si Da Signmaker]

[FONT="Verdana]Thanks for the warm welcome everyone, I always feel a bituncomfortable being the new boy, probably because of my days back in the printwhen the new apprentices[/FONT][FONT="Verdana] always got tormented with pranks, I must say I was guilty of doing itmyself, one that always sticks in my mind is the day I was doing a repair to thepaper feeder on a litho press with an apprentice helping me. Part of the paperfeeder assembly has a long chain with a weight on the end of it to keep ittensioned & make it hang straight. "I see what`s wrong here", Isay to the apprentice "I’m going to need a spare part" pointing tothe weight "go down to the other end of the print shop and ask big Tonyfor a long weight". Off he scuttles in his new overalls straight out ofthe packet, press marks still in them, not a splash of ink or bit of grease onhim, to the other end of this alien environment to him, machines throbbing& clattering the unfamiliar smell of ink & solvent vapor in his nostrilstrying not to look Self-conscious. Up to big Tony I see him saunter, thedistance too far away for me to lip-read, all I can see is big Tony lean overhim, his hand cupped around his ear in an attempt to blank out some of themachine noise. Then big Tony points to an empty space on the workshop floorwhich the apprentice willingly walks over and stands in. Half an hour the kidstands there before big Tony says to him "Ok son, you`ve had you longweight, you can go back now" The place erupted with laughter & I stilltease him about it 30+ years later. [/FONT][FONT="Verdana][/FONT]

[bms]

Thanks for the warm welcome everyone, I always feel a bituncomfortable being the new boy, probably because of my days back in the printwhen the new apprentices always got tormented with pranks, I must say I was guilty of doing itmyself, one that always sticks in my mind is the day I was doing a repair to thepaper feeder on a litho press with an apprentice helping me. Part of the paperfeeder assembly has a long chain with a weight on the end of it to keep ittensioned & make it hang straight. "I see what`s wrong here", Isay to the apprentice "I’m going to need a spare part" pointing tothe weight "go down to the other end of the print shop and ask big Tonyfor a long weight". Off he scuttles in his new overalls straight out ofthe packet, press marks still in them, not a splash of ink or bit of grease onhim, to the other end of this alien environment to him, machines throbbing& clattering the unfamiliar smell of ink & solvent vapor in his nostrilstrying not to look Self-conscious. Up to big Tony I see him saunter, thedistance too far away for me to lip-read, all I can see is big Tony lean overhim, his hand cupped around his ear in an attempt to blank out some of themachine noise. Then big Tony points to an empty space on the workshop floorwhich the apprentice willingly walks over and stands in. Half an hour the kidstands there before big Tony says to him "Ok son, you`ve had you longweight, you can go back now" The place erupted with laughter & I stilltease him about it 30+ years later.

I've often heard the 'long wait(weight)' pun for newbies but it's nice to hear it in context of a story. The other one I hear of is working in the legal profession and asking a senior partner for a copy of the oral contract

[Si Da Signmaker]

Good one Martin,

Probably just my smutty mind, but I can`t work out if there`s a Double entendre there or not

I've often heard the 'long wait(weight)' pun for newbies but it's nice to hear it in context of a story. The other one I hear of is working in the legal profession and asking a senior partner for a copy of the oral contract